Information on Research Infrastructures in FP7

CARE Meeting, Frascati, November 17, 2006

Stefano Fontana, European Commission, DG-RTD

FP7 2007 - 2013

Capacities4097

J RC1751

Ideas7510

Euratom4062

People4750

Cooperation32413

FP7 budget (M€) Source: revised FP7 agreed by

Council + Parliament in October 2006

Specific ProgrammeCapacities

Dev. of policies1,5% - 70 M€

INCO4,5% - 180 M€

Science in Society8% - 330 M€

Research I nfrastructures42% - 1715 M€

SMEs33% - 1336 M€ Research Potential

8% - 340 M€

Regions of Knowledge

3% - 126 M€

Definition of Research

Infrastructures

Facilities, resources, and related services usedby the scientific community for Conducting leading-edge research Knowledge transmission, knowledge exchanges

and knowledge preservation

Includes Major scientific equipment Scientific collections, archives and structured

information ICT-based infrastructures Entities of a unique nature, used for research

FP7 will continue supporting existing Research

Infrastructures

Integrating Activities to promote the coherent use and development of research infrastructures in a given field, implemented through: A bottom-up approach for proposals open to

all fields of science Targeted approach with topics defined in

cooperation with the FP7 thematic areas

ICT based e-infrastructures in support of scientific research

FP7 will also increase support to new research

infrastructures

Design studies: to support the conceptual design for new facilities or major upgrades, of clear European dimension and interest through bottom-up calls

Support to the Construction of new infrastructures and major upgrades to existing ones the list of projects to be supported will be based on

the work conducted by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI roadmap)

Existing Infrastructures

Design studies

New Infrastructures

Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)

FP7 Research Infrastructures in brief

Integrating activities

e-infrastructures ESFRI

Roadmap

Policy Development and Programme Implementation

Planning of calls and indicative budget

Total operational budget 1630 M€

Call 12007

Call 22008

Call 32010

Call 42012

Integrating activities   275 x x

e-Infrastructures 89 115 x x

Design studies 35 x

Construction – Support to the Preparatory Phase

135 x

Construction – Support to the Implementation Phase

RSFF (200 M€) + 100 M€

Policy Development and Programme Implementation

25 5 x x

Total per call (M€) 284 395

Existing Infrastructures

Design studies

New Infrastructures

Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)

Support to existing infrastructures

Integrating activities

e-infrastructures ESFRI

Roadmap

Policy Development and Programme Implementation

Integrating Activities and e-infrastructures

To optimise the use and development of existing research infrastructures

Based on the continuation of the successful FP6 instrument “Integrated Infrastructure Initiative” (I3s)

Within one single contract: Networking activities Transnational access and/or service activities Joint research activities

Main characteristics of an average Integrating

Activity under FP6

Average number of contractors: 19 of which 7 are offering access

Typical duration of 4 years

Average EC contribution: ~10 M€ Management: ~ 6% Networking Activities: ~ 15% Trans-national Access: ~ 36% Joint Research Activities: ~ 43%

List of funded projects (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/projects.htm

Implementation of the Integrating Activities under

FP7

Bottom up approach for proposals in all fields of science (successful in FP6, to be continued in FP7)

Targeted approach for clearly defined infrastructure needs for Europe, coordinated with the thematic priorities (new)

FP7 Call N°2 (closing March 2008)

What is the targeted approach?

For existing Research Infrastructures

A list of topics for classes of infrastructures to be supported, listed in the work programme

Topics defined in line with the Cooperation ProgrammeRevisions of topics: list can be amended A sufficient basis of RI’s to be networked

Complementary to other FP7 funding schemes used in the thematic priorities (Collaborative Projects, NoE’s)

Call for proposals N°2 – closing early 2008

For both bottom up and targeted approach Indicative budget of 275 M€

25 to 30 projects to be selected

Closure: March 2008 Single stage procedure for evaluation

remote + panel evaluation

Results within 4 months after closure date First contracts will come into force before

the end of 2008

Existing Infrastructures

Design studies

New Infrastructures

Construction (preparatory phase; construction phase)

Design Studies and Construction of new

Research Infrastructures

Integrating activities

e-infrastructures ESFRI

Roadmap

Policy Development and Programme Implementation

FP7 will support the design of new research infrastructures

(or major upgrades) Design studies aiming at the conceptual

design for new infrastructures with clear European dimension and interest, not at a detailed design

Case of e-Infrastructures: to foster new organisational models in domains of grids & data

EC support likely to be smaller than under FP6, i.e. less than 5 M€

bottom-up call… Useful to feed the ESFRI roadmap process

FP7 will support the construction of new

Infrastructures (or major upgrades)

The list of projects to be supported will be based on the work conducted by ESFRI

A two-stage process:The preparatory phase: to check the commitment of the Member States and reach a (draft) agreement between Member States and stakeholders for the construction The implementation phase: the actual construction

The Preparatory phase

Tasks focusing on:Strategy developmentTechnical work (e.g. final prototypes)Governance and logistical work Financial arrangementsLegal issues

The first call will be restricted to the projects identified in the 2006 ESFRI roadmap

Direct EC (average) contribution around 5 M€

Participation to the Preparatory phase

Project consortia should involve, as appropriate :

Public authorities or funding agencies at national and/or regional level

Research and development agenciesOperators of research facilitiesResearch centres, universities, industry

The European Commission may act as a “facilitator”

The Implementation phase

Direct Community financial support will be very limited

The European Commission may again act as a “facilitator”

The challenge: an increased use of financial engineering

Call for proposals N°1 – closing in spring 2007

For design studies and preparatory phase Indicative budget for design studies: 35 M€

7 to 10 projects to be selected

Indicative budget for preparatory phase: 135 M€34 projects

Closure: April 2007 Single stage procedure for evaluation

remote + panel evaluation, with possible hearings

Results within 4 months after closure date First contracts will come into force before the

end of 2007

Evaluation criteria

S&T quality: excellence of the overall project and of the specific activities

Impact: contribution of the project at the European level

Implementation: management, partnership, implementation plan and allocation of resources

Evaluation by independent experts

An overview of the first two calls

Call 1closing

April 2007

Call 2closing March 2008

Integrating activities (Bottom-up and targeted)   275 M€

E-Infrastructures

- Scientific Digital Repositories

- Deployment of e-Infrastructures

- e-Science Grid infrastructures

89 M€

- GÉANT- Scientific Data

Infrastructures115 M€

Design studies 35 M€

Construction – Support to the Preparatory Phase

135 M€

Policy Development and Programme Implementation

- ERA-NETs- Studies, conferences… (for e-infrastructures)- NCPs and other support actions

25 M€

- Studies, conferences … (other than for e-infra.)- Coordination actions to support emerging needs

5 M€

Useful links

FP7 Proposal and Capacities Specific Programme http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities.htm

Research Infrastructures on CORDIS (FP6) http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/

http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/rn/

ESFRI (Eur. Strategy Forum for Research Infrastr.) http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri/home.html

e-Infrastructures Reflection Group (e-IRG) http://www.e-irg.org

Research Infrastructures in Europa (on-line soon) http://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures